A group known as the Solidarity for United Kwara has rubbished the call that President Muhammadu Buhari should review the inclusion of former Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed and ex-Senator Gbemisola Saraki in his yet-to-be inaugurated cabinet.
Mohammed and Saraki are part of the Ministerial nominees Buhari sent to the senate and were confirmed last week.
Following their nomination, a group known as the Edu/Patigi Progressives Association had urged Buhari to review Mohammed and Saraki’s nomination.
However, Solidarity for United Kwara has now rubbished the call that Buhari should review the former Minister and Saraki’s nomination.
It described the call as mischievous and manipulative, hence the president should ignore the group.
Solidarity for United Kwara Stated this in a statement signed by its Coordinators, Abdul Rahman Ahmad, Kwara Central, Mahmud Rasheedat, Kwara North, and Oladeji Abolarinwa Gabriel, Kwara South.
The statement reads partly: “We have noted a press statement attributed to the EDU/Patigi Progressive Association (EDUPAPA) calling for the review of the ministerial nomination of Alhaji Lai Muhammed and Senator Gbemisola Saraki.
“The press statement by EDUPAPA is totally false and dangerous manipulation of public discourse.
“Ordinarily, this would not have elicited any response from us as President Muhammadu Buhari has the sole right to nominate anyone from Kwara State for a position to his Executive Council. We are obligated to respond to avoid public misunderstanding of the mischief that the so-called EDUPAPA are trying to create. EDUPAPA is disingenuous and mischievous.
“This statement would have been unnecessary if EDUPAPA confined themselves to facts. The EDUPAPA allowed themselves to be blinded by divisive tribalism and sentiments to the extent that they murder facts in order to exaggerate and mislead Kwarans about political distribution of power in Kwara. We are saddened by this and have taken it upon us to emphasize and establish certain facts that our EDUPAPA brothers are shielding from the public.
“The group’s main claim that Edu/Patigi Local Governments have been excluded from Federal appointments. Nothing is further from the truth.
“We surely hope the EDU/Patigi Progressive Association (EDUPAPA) will no try to undermine the unity of the All Progressive Congress in Kwara State. We expect them to appreciate President Buhari for considering two hardworking and deserving Kwarans for ministerial positions. We worked too hard for victory in 2019 to allow mischievous and disingenuous political intentions to create acrimony within our political family.
“It is on record that Alhaji Lai Muhammed and Senator Gbemi Saraki sacrificed a lot for the peace, unity, progress and victory of the All Progressive Congress in Kwara and nationally; We won’t forget so easily, how these two leaders and their followers worked tirelessly for all candidates of the APC and our dear President.
“The people of Kwara North are usually peaceful and loyal people; our bond and relationship are historic. However, we have noticed that of late, a few ambitious and overzealous politicians driven by nothing but personal interest, have tried to create a divide-and-rule atmosphere, that can only destroy the APC in the state. Is this their ulterior intention?
“We must all be mindful that the politics of self-interest destroys all that is good in a people and in a community. We appeal to our good brothers and sisters from Kwara North, especially Edu and Patigi Local Governments, to shun this handful of people trying to make a mountain out of a molehill. We know and will never allow the activities of a few mischief-makers to be taken as the position of the whole region, and thereby affect our peaceful relationship. Kwara APC is one united front that is dedicated to supporting the next level agenda of our dear President.”
